Coastal Forces Veterans

From Trombay to Changi... The Story of Arakan Coastal Forces has some information in it. According to this book, the original plan was for three flotillas (16th, 17th, 18th), but during transportation from the US two MTBs were lost. The decision was made to group the MTBs into two slightly larger f...

I thought this event in Portsmouth next week might be of interest to members of the forum. In summary, five different fast boats (HDML 1387, MTB 102, HSL 102, MGB 81 and HMS Smiter) will sail past the dockyard and finish up on the pontoon behind Boathouse 4 for the day. I'll be going along. http://w...

Hi all, Last year I bought a copy of The Little Ships by Gordon Holman, printed in March 1944 (the first edition was published in October 1943). On the first page is an inscription, shown in the attached photo (apologies that it appears to be on its side, but if you click it, it appears the right wa...